Russian claim: Upgraded T-72 Can Destroy US Army Abrams tank

By Maya Carlin

Earlier this week, Russian Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov boasted that the upgraded T-72 main battle tank (MBT) will easily blow its American M1 Abrams counterpart out of the water in combat.

Kadyrov noted that while Russia’s T-72 embodies “real power,” the Abrams is merely a children’s pedal car.

According to the leader, Russia’s upgraded armored vehicle “surpasses foreign equipment in combat power, control, protection and ease of use.

With it, any attack is like fishing on a yacht – a pleasure!” These exaggerated remarks coincide with reports that deliveries of Western-MBTs to Kyiv are imminent.

The T-72 Has a Problem

Even if Kadyrov’s dramatized remarks were slightly accurate, Moscow only has a dwindling number of T-72s left in its stockpile.

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